No. 4 Florida vs No. 5 Alabama Game Thread

[Mark Wheeler]

No. 4 Florida takes on #5 Alabama at 3:30 p.m. in Nashville, Tenn.'s Bridgestone Arena in a game being played on ESPN.

Riley Sullivan will be providing updates and observations.

LIVE STATS
PREGAME NOTES

 

[Mark Wheeler]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1900909701560205578

 

[Mark Wheeler]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1900911030143709197

 

[Mark Wheeler]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1900906605400424891

 

[Mark Wheeler]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1900906605400424891

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Florida is the No. 4 overall seed, Alabama is the No. 5 overall seed. Is this game for the higher seed?

 

[Mark Wheeler]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1900984727592411327

 

[Riley Sullivan]

Following No. 4 Tennessee's 70-65 victory over No. 1 Auburn, the winner of today's game will advance to take on the Volunteers tomorrow at 1 p.m. EST.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Florida's starting lineup according to the official stats page:

POS	#	NAME	Class	GP	PPG	RPG	APG
G	1	Clayton Jr.,Walter		31	17.3	3.7	4.4
G	5	Richard,Will		32	13.4	4.6	1.8
G	15	Martin,Alijah		30	14.6	4.6	2.4
F	21	Condon,Alex		29	11.3	8.0	2.3
C	9	Chinyelu,Rueben		32	6.0	6.4	0.8

 

[Riley Sullivan]

And we're off! Alabama begins with possession and turns it over to Florida.

 

[Riley Sullivan]

Reuben Chinyelu may just have the best hook shot in the country. Clayton 0-2 from deep but Chinyelu hits another hook. 9-6 Alabama, 17:20

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Almost three minutes into the game and Bama leads 12-6.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Florida scores five straight to pull within one point.

 

[Riley Sullivan]

THREE! Walter Clayton Jr. gets the Gators its first three of the game, 12-11 Alabama.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

All tied up with just over 12 minutes remaining in the half.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

All tied up with just over 12 minutes remaining in the half.

And of course Alabama immediately hits a three.

 

[Riley Sullivan]

Condon giving up three consecutive shots (including two posters). 33-22 Alabama, 9:30

 

[Mark Wheeler]

It's 33-31 Alabama up with nine minutes remaining. Statistically it's a pretty even game.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Clayton Jr. with the three pointer. He leads UF with nine points.

 

[Mark Wheeler]

Eight minutes to go.

08:30 FLA 3PTR GOOD BY #1 CLAYTON JR.,W ; ASSIST BY # 15 MARTIN,A
Score by Period

TEAM	1	T
ALA	35	35
FLA	34	34

Alabama Stats

#	Player	PTS	FG	3FG	FT	REB	A	PF	TO	MIN
0*	PHILON,L	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	1	3	0	0	11
1*	SEARS,M	4	2-4	0-2	0-0	1	2	0	2	9
4*	NELSON,G	9	4-6	1-3	0-0	3	1	0	0	8
8*	YOUNGBLOOD,C	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	8
11*	OMORUYI,C	8	2-4	0-0	4-4	1	0	2	0	10
2	HOLLOWAY,A	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	1	2	0	4
10	DIOUBATE,M	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	4
15	STEVENSON,J	6	2-2	1-1	1-1	1	0	0	0	4
22	SHERRELL,A	2	1-1	0-0	0-2	1	0	0	0	2
TM	TEAM,		-	-	-	0		0	0
TOTALS	35	13-23	4-10	5-7	10	8	4	2
GAME PCT	56.5	40.0	71.4

ALA Offense

Last FG	08:48 JUMPER #1 SEARS,M (35-31)
Last Lead	35-34 @ 1st-08:30
Largest Lead	6 @ 1st-17:15 (12-6)
Largest Run	6-0

ALA Team Highs

PTS	4 NELSON, GRANT	9
REB	4 NELSON, GRANT	3
AST	0 PHILON, LABARO	3

Florida Stats

#	Player	PTS	FG	3FG	FT	REB	A	PF	TO	MIN
1*	CLAYTON JR.,W	9	3-7	3-5	0-0	2	1	0	0	9
5*	RICHARD,W	4	2-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	8
9*	CHINYELU,R	6	3-3	0-0	0-0	5	0	1	0	8
15*	MARTIN,A	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	2	1	3	9
21*	CONDON,A	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	9
3	HANDLOGTEN,M	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	2	0	2
7	KLAVZAR,U	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	4
10	HAUGH,T	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	6
11	ABERDEEN,D	4	1-4	0-1	2-3	0	1	0	0	6
TM	TEAM,		-	-	-	0		0	0
TOTALS	34	14-25	4-10	2-3	13	5	6	3
GAME PCT	56.0	40.0	66.7

FLA Offense

Last FG	08:30 3PTR #1 CLAYTON JR., (35-34)
Last Lead	22-21 @ 1st-12:37
Largest Lead	3 @ 1st-13:23 (20-17)
Largest Run	7-0

FLA Team Highs

PTS	1 CLAYTON JR., W	9
REB	9 CHINYELU, RUEB	5
AST	15 MARTIN, ALIJAH	2

Current Trends
Team Comparison

STATISTIC
FG%	57%	56%
FGs	13-23	14-25
3FG%	40%	40%
3FGs	4-10	4-10
FT%	71%	67%
FTs	5-7	2-3
TOs	2	3
PtsOffTO	0	5
TotReb	10	13
DefReb	7	8
Off Reb	3	5
2ndChPts	5	8
BenchPts	11	13
PtsPaint	18	20
FstBkPt	7	0
Blocks	2	0
Steals	1	1
Assts	8	5
Times Tied:	10
Time Tied:	4:00
Lead Chg:	5
LeadTime	6:58	1:03